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Spectrum Cullen International's latest Europe Spectrum Regulatory Report summarises spectrum regulation in Europe from March to August 2022. The European Commission started preparations of a common EU position for the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) 2023. All EU member states have now cleared the 700 MHz band from broadcasting. Belgium completed a multiband auction. Slovakia auctioned new licences for the 3.4–3.8 GHz band. 18 of the 21 European countries covered by this report have now awarded long-term licences for 5G in the 3.4–3.8 GHz band. |
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2.6 GHz assignments in the Americas
Spectrum Argentina and the USA announced the results of the award of local licences in the 2.6 GHz band. In Argentina, the regulator, Enacom, assigned the spectrum available through a grant, with incumbent mobile operators paying in total US$27.7m for the spectrum. In the USA, the Federal Communications Commission organised an ascending clock auction format with 63 bidders offering US$427.8m for most of the licences. T-Mobile was the biggest bidder, acquiring over 90% of the licences offered. |
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Global Trends Wi-Fi service provision has traditionally been based on the use of unlicensed spectrum in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. The suitability of the 6 GHz band for either (unlicensed) Wi-Fi use or for a (licensed) mobile broadband service has put the future allocation of this spectrum band in the spotlight. The issue will be disussed in the next World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) due to take place in Dubai in 2023. However, several policymakers around the world have already decided how to allocate the 6 GHz band. |
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Digital Economy The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) presented in July 2022 a new scheme for the cybersecurity certification of critical components used in 5G networks. Certification is mandatory, and it is largely based on the Network Equipment Security Assurance Scheme (NESAS), developed jointly by the mobile operators association GSMA and the 3GPP standards organisation. |
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Telecoms, Antitrust & Mergers ACM, the Dutch telecoms regulator and competition authority, accepted commitments by incumbent telecoms operator KPN and fibre operator Glaspoort (which is 50% owned by KPN) to provide wholesale access to their respective fibre networks at lower prices and on more favourable conditions. The commitments were given in the context of an antitrust procedure, rather than sector-specific regulation in the context of an ongoing market analysis procedure. It is, however, ACM's provisional view that "further regulation of KPN and Glaspoort is no longer needed". |
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